Paper receptacle.



D. McDONALD.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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iNITED STATES; PATENT OFFICE.

DORA MCDONALD, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAPER REGEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed October 27, 1913. Serial No. 797,527.

reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to'paper receptacles for use particularly on railroad trains for the reception of ladies hats which it is desired to have protected from dust anddirt. Heretofore it has been customary for this purpose to use large paper bags in which the hat hasbeen inclosed during the trip, the vbag being thrown away at the termination of the journey. The use of such bags, however, has been highly objectionable for the reason that the insertion of the hat in the bag has a tendency to distort or even break the plumes or other elements of the trimming of the hat.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide a receptacle into which a trimmed hat can be placed without danger of injuring the hat and in which the hat shall be protected more fully and completely than in the paper bags heretofore used.

It is. another object of my invention to provide a device of this type fully capable of protecting the hat and at the same time capable of being collapsed very compactly for the purpose of storage before use.

It is another object of my invention to improve devices of this type in sundry details hereinafter pointed out.

The means by which I have accomplished these objects are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and are hereinafter specifically described.

That which I believe to be new is set forth in the claim.

In .the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved receptacle opened up ready for the reception of a hat; Fig. 2 is a view of the blank from which my receptacle is formed; Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of one of my receptacles in an almost complet'ed condition; Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a top or plan view ofthe receptacle partially collapsed; Fig. 6 is a side view of the receptacle in the position shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a side view of the receptacle in almost completely closed position; and Fig. 8 is a top view of the receptacle completely collapsed.

Referring to the several figures of the drawings in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters, 20 indicates a blank from which the receptacle is made, comprising a bottom panel 21 (see Fig. 4) and sides 22-2324,25. Each of the sides is provided at its upper end with an extension or ap, said flaps being numbered, respectively, 26-27-28-29.

30 indicates a paste-board or other suit` able plate secured in any convenient manner to the bottom panel 21 of the receptacle.

As is best' shown in Fig. 3 the blank is formed into a receptacle by folding in the material of the blank between the respective sides, such blank material between each two sides being creased along its central line as at 31-32 to form two equal-sized panels 33 which are secured together by m'eans of paste or in any other suitable manner to hold the adjacent sides of the receptacle perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the base 21. -Each two adjacent panels or blank portions 33 are thus formed into an inwardly projecting iap, saidflaps being indicated by the numerals 34-35-36-37. These flaps may be secured by pasting or in any other suitable manner to the sides 23--24-25-22, respectively, or may .if desired simply project into the bag and be pushed toward one side or the other in the act of placing a hat in the bag.

As best shown in Fig. 1 the sides 22 and 24 are creased along their central longitudinal lines, the lower ends of such longitudinal creases being joined by diagonal crease lines to the opposite lower corners of said sides. The receptacle is thus capable of-being collapsed, the sides 22 and 24 being turned inward as best shown in Fig. 5 luntil the upper portions of the sides 23 and 25 are brought together as shown in Fig. 7 The upper portion of the bag thus collapsed is to be folded down as shown in Fig. 8, whereupon the bag is in shape for storage in a very small space, as will be readily understood.

With the receptacle open in the condition shown in Fig. 1 the hat may be readily placed in the receptacle flat upon the'bottom board 30. The sides 22 and 24 are then permitted to collapse very slightly as desired and the aps 26 -27-2829 are folded -in- Ward over the hat and secured in any, desirable manner. If desired two of these flaps at opposite sides of the receptacle may be folded inward and the other two iaps then folded inward and pinned to each other to maintain the bag in closed condition for the protection of the hat. If desired, two of the flaps may be folded inward over the hat and the other two flaps brought together and secured without being turned inward, thus providing a convenient means for lifting the receptacle or for hanging it upon any suitable support. By reason of the provision of the stiff plate 30, of paste-board or othersuitable material, when the receptacle is lifted by the flaps as just described the weight of the receptacle and the hat serves to prevent the sides of the receptacle from being forced inward in such a manner as to injure or disarrange the trimmings of the hat.

By reason of my construction, in which both the blank 20 and the base 30 are rectangular in form, and in which the base 30 is positioned obliquely relative to the blank, the corners of the blank serve as the flaps at the upper ends of the sides for closing the upper end of the receptacle, without the necessity for cutting the blank in any way other than into they rectangular form as I opposite the central parts of the margins of the other, and said sheet being folded over the edges of the base to form four side walls and also to form between such walls atthev corners of said base four triangular inturned portions each of double thickness, each of the side walls extending to the margins of the said sheet and terminating in a triangular flap adapted to be folded over the mouth of the receptacle, said body being formed of flexible paper whereby the body is adapted -to collapse sufcientlv to permit two opposite flaps to be readily overlapped and secured together without distorting the strengthening base.

DORA MCDONALD.

Witnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS, W. H. DE BUSK. 

